Box Score The Basics 
• Score: #25 Johns Hopkins-7, #34 Rensselaer-2
• Records: JHU (8-3) • RPI (5-6)
• Location: Baltimore • JHU Tennis Courts / Allentown, PA • Kern Field Courts
• The Short Story: The 25th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team picked up a win on Saturday over 34th-ranked RPI.

How it Happened
• Hopkins took two of the three doubles matches to take the early lead in the match. Sophomore Vishnu Joshi and junior Vik Vasan put the Blue Jays up 1-0 with an 8-2 win over Brian Niguidula and Eddie Wu at third doubles. Seniors Colin Muraika and Scott Thygesenthen beat Zach Ebenfeld and Dylan Payne, 8-0, at second. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and Andrew Imrie prevented the doubles' sweep when they edged juniors Joe Cartledge and Austin Gu, 8-6, at first.
• Gu pushed Hopkins' lead to 3-1 with the first singles' point of the match. He beat Clay Thompson 6-1, 6-2 at second. Junior Aaron Carey followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Victor Stoyanov at sixth. Joshi then clinched the win for the Blue Jays with a 6-3, 7-6 victory at first over Castillo-Sanchez.
• Sophomore Eric Yoo put JHU up 6-1 when he defeated Payne 6-4, 6-3 at fifth. Thygesen then rallied to defeat Niguidula 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 at third. Yudai Teruyama spoiled the Blue Jays' bid for a sweep of singles with a 7-5, 6-7, 1-0 (2) win at fourth over junior Cody Kim.
  
What it Means
• This match was the first-ever meeting between Hopkins and RPI.